Comments on: The Coquilla Nut: A Handy 19th Century Ornamental Material http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/ This Jane Austen blog brings Jane Austen, her novels, and the Regency Period alive through food, dress, social customs, and other 19th C. historical details related to this topic. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:42:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vic http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-47674 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:21:10 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-47674 Thank you! Yes, my blog has problems in IE, but not in Firefox, Chrome or Safari, and it looks fine on my hand held devices. It is not a problem I can easily fix. Considering that IE is becoming more irrelevant as time goes on, I will sadly have to live with the problem.

]]> By: Patrick Braker http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-35464 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:55:03 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-35464 I have many pieces of coquille nuts .I am wondering is there any books detailing the process of making these nuts in to fine pieces of art ,also any background info on where they where made. I have many pieces and many questions about them .Thanks

]]> By: D. Gilbert http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-33876 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:07:14 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-33876 I own over 100 coquilla nut items, and I question the attribution of the item identified by Physick.com as a flea trap. (Interestingly, their link to the “flea trap” is no longer active.) There are numerous coquilla items with similar pierced designs, and this egg shaped box is one of the most common. I also own a true antique flea trap, which is cylindrical in shape, and from an earlier period. It is the subject of a 1975 article in Smithsonian magazine. Based on how these worked and were used, the egg shape does not make sense. (It is more likely a pomander.) I would be interested to see any factual evidence of the claim that these egg-shaped coquillas are flea traps. I’m concerned that they are showing up on Ebay and other places with this possibly erroneous attribution.

]]> By: starsfromheavens http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-25931 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:56:54 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-25931 Hi Vic, I am investigating a material called ‘Kokka’ (see this blog i found on the Internet: http://www.aksesoris-kayu-kokka.blogspot.com/). Some people said that the Kokka seeds referred to in this website is actually coquilla nut. I wonder if you know if it’s true.

]]> By: Appreciating Our Modern World « Em Speaks http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-24969 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:17:47 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-24969 [...] because you find out some really weird stuff, like how pretty knickknacks could also be used as flea traps that hung around your [...]

]]> By: emspeaks http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-24949 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:28:06 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-24949 Fascinating! And quite beautiful. Although the bit about using it as a flea trap made me slightly ill…

]]> By: Susan Stessin http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-24887 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:02:11 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-24887 At Historic Huguenot Street, we have had a coquilla nut flea trap in our collection and have never known what it was. We thought it was some type of carved decorative piece. Now, thanks to your article, we can talk about this artifact and use it as a piece for discussion.

]]> By: bluffkinghal http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-24842 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:42:35 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-24842 Awesome stuff! There certainly was more artistic stuff around in the 18th and 19th century.

]]> By: ellaquinnauthor http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-24700 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:04:14 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-24700 Reblogged this on Ella Quinn ~ Author and commented:
From Jan Austen’s Website

]]> By: ellaquinnauthor http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-24699 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:03:37 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-24699 I’ve never heard of them before. How facinating.

]]> By: kfield2 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-24697 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:23:34 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-24697 This is something I’ve never heard of. An interesting read!

]]> By: sshaver http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2012/04/16/the-coquilla-nut-a-handy-19th-century-ornamental-material/#comment-24655 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:56:13 +0000 http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/?p=19912#comment-24655 Glad somebody brought up the ecology angle.

Always fun to see the objects that were treasured.

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